Is Red Hat changing the re-certification policy?
A new re-certification policy will be in effect for certifications earned on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later. All earlier certifications will remain under the policies under which they were issued. Certifications earned on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will become non-current 60 days after general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Certifications earned under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will be considered current until 60 days after the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Under the new policy, RHCSA certification will be current for three years. We refer to this three-year period as the currency window. If someone passes a higher-level exam during that three-year period, Red Hat will reset the three-year currency window to the date of the more recent exam. For example, if an RHCSA earns RHCE, the currency window is moved to the date one passes the RHCE exam. If an RHCE passes a Certificate of Expertise exam, the currency window moves to the date one passed that
